Name: Fanyou KONG
Norman, OK 73072
Tel: (405) 701-1851 (home)
Email: kfy5467@yahoo.com
1982 Sc.B. Atmospheric Physics and Probing, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology
(now Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology)
1985 Sc.M. Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology
(now Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology)
1991 Ph.D Atmospheric Physics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Science, Dissertation title: Three-dimensional
numerical simulations of hailstorms, Supervisor: Prof. Meiyuan
Huang (Click to view the Abstract of Dissertation)
2011.2-present Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Meteorology, the University
of Oklahoma
2007.7-2020.9 Senior Research Scientist, CAPS, The University of Oklahoma
2002.1-2007.6 Research Scientist, CAPS, The University of Oklahoma
1997.1-2001.12 Research Scientist, CMRP, Center for Computational Geosciences,
The University of Oklahoma
1994.3-1997.1 Post-doc research fellow, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic
Sciences, McGill University, research on effects of deep convec-
tions on the explosive deepening of Atlantic cyclones by using
mesoscale numerical model, under supervisor of Prof. M.K. Yau
1993.10-1994.3 Associate Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Science
1992 - 1993 Post Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Geophysics, Peking University
, Research on numerical simulations of convective transports of
air pollutants, and three dimensional wind analysis from dual-
Doppler radar data
1986 - 1987 Lecturer, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology. Courses delivered:
Atmospheric Physics, Cloud Dynamics, Numerical Modeling on
Cumulus Clouds, and Scientific English Reading
1985 Research assistant, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology. Worked on
design of a quasi-realtime software system on digitized weather
radar network
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1990 Cooperative research project 'Numerical Simulations of Cloud and
Precipitation' won the 1989's Academia Sinica Natural Sciences Award
1991 Gained the 1990's Academia Sinica President Scholarship
1992 Won the ZHAO JIUZHANG Young Scientist Award in Geophysics and Atmos-
pheric Sciences
Kong, F., M. Huang and H. Xu, 1990: Three-dimensional numerical simulation of
ice phase microphysics in cumulus clouds. Part I: Model establishment and ice
phase parameterization, Chinese Journal of Atmos. Sci., 14, 437-450.
(Abstract)
Kong, F., M. Huang and H. Xu, 1991: Three-dimensional numerical simulation of
ice phase microphysics in cumulus clouds. Part II: Effects of the ice multi-
plication processes, Chinese Journal of Atmos. Sci., 15, 459-470.
(Abstract)
Kong, F., M. Huang and H. Xu, 1991: Three-dimensional numerical simulations of
the effects of ice phase processes on evolution of convective storms, Sciences
in China(Scientia Sinica), Series B, No.9, 1000-1008. (Abstract)
Kong, F., 1992: The effects of low level ambient wind in simulating convective
clouds, Quarterly Journal of Applied Meteorology (in Chinese), 3, 20-31.
(Abstract)
Kong, F., M. Huang and H. Xu, 1993: Three-dimensional numerical simulations of
the effects of a cold water surface on the evolution and propagation of
thunderstorms, Advances in Atmos. Sci., 10, 261-272. (Abstract)
Kong, F. and Y. Qin, 1993: The vertical transport of air pollutants by convec-
tive clouds. Part I: A non-reactive cloud transport model, Advances in Atmos.
Sci., 10, 415-427. (Abstract)
Kong, F., M. Huang and H. Xu, 1994: Numerical simulations of the microbursts,
Chinese Journal of Atmos. Sci., 18, 11-21. (Abstract)
Kong, F. , 1994: The vertical transport of air pollutants by convective clouds.
Part II: Transport of soluable gases and sensitivity tests, Advances in Atmos.
Sci., 11, 1-12. (Abstract)
Kong, F. and Y. Qin, 1994: The vertical transport of air pollutants by convec-
tive clouds. Part III: Transport features of different cloud systems, Advances
in Atmos. Sci., 11, 13-26. (Abstract)
Kong, F. and J. Mao, 1994: A model study on three-dimensional wind field analy-
sis from dual-Doppler radar data, Advances in Atmos. Sci., 11, 162-174.
(Abstract)
Kong, F., and M. K. Yau, 1997: An explicit approach of microphysics in MC2,
Atmosphere-Ocean, 35, 257-291. (Abstract)
Kong, F., 2002: An experimental simulation of a coastal fog-stratus
case using COAMPS(tm) model, Atmos. Res., 64, 205-215. (Abstract)
Fiedler, B. H., and F. Kong, 2003: The performance of an E-1 scheme for the
atmospheric boundary layer in a mesoscale model with grid spacing as small as
1 km, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 84, 1-10. (Abstract)
(The entire paper in pdf format can be viewd HERE)
Kong, F., 2004: A PV study of an explosive extratropical cyclogenesis event.
Observation, Theory, and Modeling of Atmospheric Variability, World Scientific
Series on Meteorology of East Asia, Vol 3, World Scientific Publication Company,
pp 613.
Smedsmo, J. L., E. Foufoula-Georgious, V. Vuruputur, F. Kong, and K. K.
Droegemeier, 2005: On the vertical structure of modeled and observed deep
convective storms: Insights for precipitation retrieval and microphysical
parameterization. J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 1866-1884. (Abstract)
Liu, L., P. Zhang, Q. Xu, F. Kong, and S. Liu, 2005: A Model for retrieval of
dual linear polarization radar fields from model simulation outputs. Advances
in Atmos. Sci., 22, 711-719. (Abstract)
Kong, F., K. K. Droegemeier, and N. L. Hickmon, 2006: Multiresolution ensemble
forecasts of an observed tornadic thunderstorm system. Part I: Comparison of
coarse- and fine-grid experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 807-833. (Abstract)
Kong, F., K. K. Droegemeier, and N. L. Hickmon, 2007: Multiresolution ensemble
forecasts of an observed tornadic thunderstorm system. Part II: Storm-scale
experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 759-782. (Abstract)
Clark, A. J., W. A. Gallus Jr., M. Xue, and F. Kong, 2009: A comparison of
precipitation forecast skill between small convection-allowing and
large convection-parameterizing ensembles. Weather and Forecasting, 24, 1121-1140.
(Abstract)
Schwartz, C. S., J. S. Kain, S. J. Weiss, M. Xue, D. R. Bright, F. Kong,
K. W. Thomas, J. J. Levit, M. C. Coniglio, 2009: Next-day convection-allowing
WRF model quidance: A second look at 2 vs. 4 km grid spacing. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137,
3351-3372. (Abstract)
Schwartz, C. S., J. S. Kain, S. J. Weiss, M. Xue, D. R. Bright, F. Kong,
K. W. Thomas, J. J. Levit, M. C. Coniglio, M. S. Wandishim, 2010: Toward improved
convection-allowing ensembles: Model physics sensitivities and optimizing
probabilistic guidance with small ensemble membership. Weather and Forecasting,
25, 263-280.(Abstract)
Clark, A. J., W. A. Gallus Jr., M. Xue, and F. Kong, 2010: Growth of Spread in
Convection-allowing and Convection-parameterizing Ensembles.
Weather and Forecasting, 25, 594-612. (Abstract)
Clark, A. J., W. A. Gallus Jr., M. Xue, and F. Kong, 2010: Convection-allowing and
convection-parameterizing ensemble forecasts of a mesoscale convective vortex
and associated servere weather. Weather and Forecasting, 25, 1052-1081. (Abstract)
Kain, J. S., M. Xue, M. C. Coniglio, S. J. Weiss, F. Kong, T. L. Jensen, B. G. Brown,
J. Gao, K. Brewster, K. W. Thomas, Y. Wang, C. S. Schwartz, and J. J. levit, 2010:
Assessing Advances in the Assimilation of Radar Data within a Collaborative
Forecasting-Research Environment. Weather and Forecasting, 25, 1510-1521. (Abstract)
Marzban, C., R. Wang, F. Kong, and S. Leyton, 2011: On the effect of correlations
on Rank Histograms: Reliability of temperature and wind-speed forecasts from
fine-scale ensemble reforecasts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 295-310. (Abstract)
Clark, A. J., J. S. Kain, D. J. Stensrud, M. Xue, F. Kong, M. C. Coniglio, K. W. Thomas,
Y. Wang, K. Brewster, J. Gao, X. Wang, S. J. Weiss, and J. Du, 2011, Probabilistic
Precipitation forecast skill as a function of ensemble size and spatial scale in a
convection-allowing ensemble. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 1410-1418. (Abstract)
Johnson, A., X. Wang, F. Kong, and M. Xue, 2011: Hierarchical cluster analysis of a
convection-allowing ensemble during the Hazardous Weather Testbed 2009 Spring
Experiment. Part I: Development of object-oriented cluster analysis method for
precipitation fields. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 3673-3693. (Abstract)
Johnson, A., X. Wang, M. Xue, and F. Kong, 2011: Hierarchical cluster analysis of a
convection-allowing ensemble during the Hazardous Weather Testbed 2009 Spring
Experiment. Part II: season-long ensemble clustering and implication for optimal
ensemble design. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 3694-3710. (Abstract)
Zhu, J., F. Kong, and H. Lei, 2012: A regional ensemble forecast system for stratiform
precipitation events in Northern China Region. Part I: A case study. Advances in
Atmos. Sci., 29, 201-216. (Abstract)
Clark, A. J., S. J. Weiss, J. S. Kain, I. L. Jirak, M. Coniglio, C. J. Melick,
C. Siewert, R. A. Sobash, P. T. Marsh, A. R. Dean, M. Xue, F. Kong, K. W. Thomas,
Y. Wang, K. Brewster, J. Gao, X. Wang, J. Du, D. R. Novak, F. E. Barthold,
M. J. Bodner, J. J. Levit, C. B. Entwistle, T. L. Jensen, J. Correia, Jr., 2012: An
Overview of the 2010 Hazardous Weather Testbed Experimental Forecast Program Spring
Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93, 55-74. (Abstract)
Berenguer, M., M. Surcel, I. Zawadzki, M. Xue, and F. Kong, 2012: The diurnal cycle of
precipitation from continental radar mosaics and numerical weather prediction
models. Part II: Intercomparison among numerical models and with nowcasting.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 2689-2705. (Abstract)
Clark, A. J., J. S. Kain, P. T. Marsh, J. Correia, Jr., M. Xue, and F. Kong, 2012:
Forecasting tornado path lengths using a 3-dimensional object identification
algorithm applied to convection-allowing forecasts. Weather and Forecasting,
27, 1090-1113. (Abstract)
Zhu, J., F. Kong, and H. Lei, 2013: A Regional Ensemble Forecast System for
Stratiform Precipitation Events in the Northern China Region. Part II: Seasonal
Evaluation for summer 2010. Advances in Atmos. Sci., 30, 15-28. (Abstract)
Clark, A. J., J. Gao, P. T. Marsh, T. Smith, J. S. Kain, J. Correia, Jr., M. Xue,
and F. Kong, 2013: Tornado path length forecasts from 2010-2011 using ensemble
updraft helicity. Weather and Forecasting, 28, 387-407. (Abstract)
Coniglio, M. C., J. Correia Jr., P. T. Marsh, and F. Kong, 2013: Verification of
convection-allowing WRF model forecasts of the planetary boundary layer using
sounding observations. Weather and Forecasting, 28, 842-862. (Abstract)
Kain, J.S., M. C. Coniglio, J. Correia, A. C. Clark, P. T. Marsh, C. Zeigler,
V. Lakshmanan, S. D. Miller, S. R. Dembek, S. J. Weiss, F. Kong, and M. Xue, 2013:
Convective Initiation: A Feasibility Study for Probabilistic Forecasts Based
on Explicit Numerical Guidance. Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society, 94, 1213-1225. (Abstract)
Schumacher, R. S., A. J. Clark, M. Xue, F. Kong, 2013: Factors influencing the
development and maintenance of nocturnal heavy-rain-producing convective systems
in a storm-scale ensemble. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 2778-2801. (Abstract)
Johnson, Aaron, Xuguang Wang, Fanyou Kong, Ming Xue, 2013: Object-based evaluation
of the impact of horizontal grid spacing on convection-allowing forecasts.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 3413-3425. (Abstract)
Xue, M., J. Schleif, F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, Y. Wang, and K. Zhu, 2013: Track and
Intensity Forecasting of Hurricanes: Impact of Convection-Permitting Resolution
and Ensemble Kalman Filter Initial Condition on 2010 Atlantic Season Forecasts.
Weather and Forecasting, 28, 1366-1384. (Abstract)
Jin, Ling, Hengchi Lei, Fanyou Kong, Jiefan Yang, Zhaoxia Hu, 2013: Cloud
Seedability Study with a Dual-Model System. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Letters, 6, 197-202. (Abstract)
Hou, Tuanjie, Fanyou Kong, Xunlai Chen, Hengchi Lei, 2013: Impact of 3DVAR data
assimilation on the prediction of heavy rainfall over Southern China. Advances
in Meteorology, Vol 2013, 17p. doi:10.1155/2013/129642 (Abstract)
Xue Ming, Fanyou Kong, Kevin W. Thomas, Jidong Gao, Yunheng Wang, Keith A.
Brewster and Kelvin K. Droegemeier, 2013: Prediction of Convective Storms at
Convection-Resolving 1-km Resolution over Continental United States with Radar
Data Assimilation: An Example Case of26 May 2008. Advances in Meteorology,
Vol 2013, 9p. doi:10.1155/2013/259052 (Abstract)
Jin, Ling, Fanyou Kong, Hengchi Lei, Zhaoxia Hu, 2014: A methodological study on
using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model outputs to drive a one-
dimensional cloud model. Advances in Atmos. Sci., 31, 230-240. (Abstract)
Cintineo, Rebecca, Jason A., Otkin, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, 2014: Evaluating the
Accuracy of Planetary Boundary Layer and Cloud Microphysical Parameterization
Schemes in Convection-Permitting Ensemble Forecasts using Synthetic GOES-13
Satellite Observations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 163-182. (Abstract)
Johnson, Aaron, Xuguang Wang, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, Gang Zhao, Yunheng Wang,
Kevin W. Thomas, Keith A. Brewster, Jidong Gao, 2014: Multiscale
characteristics and evolution of perturbations for warm season convection-
allowing precipitation forecasts: Dependence on background flow and method
of perturbation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 1053-1073. (Abstract)
Duda, Jeff, Xuguang Wang, Fanyou Kong, Ming Xue, 2014: Using Varied Microphysics
to Account for Uncertainty in Warm-Season QPF in a Convection-Allowing Ensemble.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 2198-2219. (Abstract)
Clark, Adam J., Randy G. Bullock, Tara L. Jensen, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, 2014:
Application of object-based time-dependent diagnostics for tracking
precipitation systems in convection-allowing models. Weather and Forecasting,
29, 517-542. (Abstract)
Zhu, Jiangshan, Fanyou Kong, and Hengchi Lei, 2014: Bias-Corrected Short-Range
Ensemble Forecasts for near-surface variables during summer season of 2010 in
Northern China. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 7, 334-339.(Abstract)
Hou, Tuanjie,Fanyou Kong, Xunlai Chen, Hengchi Lei, Zhaoxia Hu, 2015: Evaluation
of Radar and Automatic Weather Station Data Assimilation for a Heavy Rainfall
Event in Southern China. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 32, 967-978. (Abstract)
Clark, Adam J., Michael Coniglio, Brice Coffer, Greg Thompson, Ming Xue,
Fanyou Kong, 2015: Sensitivity of 24 h Forecast Dryline Position and Structure
to Boundary Layer Parameterizations in Convection-allowing WRF Model
Simulations. Weather and Forecasting, 30, 613-638. (Abstract)
Zhu, Jiangshan, Fanyou Kong, Lingkun Ran, Hengchi Lei, 2015: Bayesian Model
Averaging with Stratified Sampling for Probabilistic Quantitative
Precipitation Forecasting in Northern China during Summer 2010. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
143, 3628–3641. (Abstract)
Thompson, Gregory, Mukul Tewari, Kyoko Ikeda, Sarah Tessendorf, Courtney Weeks,
Jason Otkin, and Fanyou Kong, 2016: Explicitly-Coupled Cloud Physics and
Radiation Parameterizations and Subsequent Evaluation in WRF High-Resolution
Convective Forecasts. Atmos. Res., 168, 92-104. (Abstract)
Duda, Jeff, Xuguang Wang, Fanyou Kong, Ming Xue, Judith Berner, 2016: Impact of
a Stochastic Kinetic Energy Backscatter Scheme on Warm season Convection-
Allowing Ensemble Forecasts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 1887-1908. (Abstract)
Iyer, Eswar R., Adam Clark, Ming Xue, and Fanyou Kong, 2016: A comparison of
36-60 hour precipitation forecasts from convection-allowing and convection-
parameterized ensembles, Wea. Forecasting, 31, 647-661. (Abstract)
Hardy, Jill, Jonathan J Gourley, Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Yang Hong,
Fanyou Kong, Zachary L Flamig, 2016: A Method for Probabilistic Flash Flood
Forecasting, J. of Hydrlogy, 541, Part A, 480–494. (Abstract)
Putnam, Byran, Ming Xue, Youngsun Jung, Guifu Zhang, and Fanyou Kong, 2017:
Simulation of polarimetric radar variables from 2013 CAPS spring experiment
storm scale ensemble forecasts and evaluation of microphysics schems.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 40-73. (Abstract)
Loken, D. Eric, Adam, J. Clark, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, 2017: Comparison of
Next-Day Probabilistic Severe Weather Forecasts from Coarse- and Fine-Resolution
CAMs and a Convection-Allowing Ensemble. Weather and Forecasting, 32, 1403-1421.
(Abstract)
Surcel, Madalina, Isztar Zawadzki, M.K. Yau, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, 2017: More
on the scale-dependence of the predictability of precipitation patterns.
Extension to the 2009-2013 CAPS Spring Experiment ensemble forecasts.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 3625-3646. (Abstract)
Gallo, B.T., Adam J. Clark, Israel Jirak, John S. Kain, Steven J. Weiss, Michael
Coniglio, Kent Knopfmeier, James Correia Jr., Christopher J. Melick, Christopher
D. Karstens, Eswar Iyer, Andrew R. Dean, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, Youngsun Jung,
Feifei Shen, Kevin W. Thomas, Keith Brewster, Derek Stratman, Gregory W. Carbin,
William Line, Rebecca Adams-Selin, and Steve Willington, 2017: Breaking New Ground
in Severe Weather Prediction: The 2015 NOAA/Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring
Forecasting Experiment. Weather and Forecasting, 32, 1541-1568. (Abstract)
Zhu, Jiangshan, Fanyou Kong, Xiao-Ming Hu, Yan Guo, Lingkun Ran, Hengchi Lei, 2018:
Impact of Soil Moisture Uncertainty on Summertime Short-range Ensemble Forecasts.
Advances in Atmos. Sci., 35(7), 839-852. (Abstract)
Clark, Adam, Israel Jirak, Scott Dembek, Gerry Creager, Fanyou Kong, Kevin Thomas,
Kent Knopfmeier, Burkely Gallo, Christopher Melick, Ming Xue, Keith Brewster,
Youngsun Jung, Aaron Kennedy, Xiquan Dong, Joshua Markel, Glen Romine, Kathryn
Fossell, Ryan Sobash, Jacob Carley, Brad Ferrier, Matthew Pyle, Curtis Alexander,
Steven Weiss, John Kain, Louis Wicker, Gregory Thompson, Rebecca D. Adams-Selin,
David Imy, 2018: The Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE) in the 2016
NOAA/Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment. Bulletin of the
American Meteorological Society, 99, 1433-1448. (Abstract)
Kong, Fanyou, 2018: A Study of Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecast. Adavnces in Meteo.
Sci. and Tech. (in Chinese), 8(3), 53-60. (Abstract)
Grasso, Lewis, Daniel T. Lindsey, Yoo-Jeong Noh, Christopher O’Dell, Ting-Chi Wu,
Fanyou Kong, 2018: Improvements to cloud top brightness temperatures computed
from the CRTM at 3.9 µm. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 3927-3944. (Abstract)
Wang, Hong, Fanyou Kong, Youngsun Jung, Naigeng Wu, Jinfang Yin, 2018: Quality
Control of S-band Polarimetric Radar Measurements for Data Assimilation[J].
Journal of Applied Meteorological Science (in Chinese), 29(5), 546-558.
(Abstract)
Loken, Eric D., Adam J. Clark, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, 2019: Spread and Skill in
Mixed- and Single-Physics Convection-Allowing Ensembles. Weather and
Forecasting, 34(2), 305-330. (Abstract)
Snook, Nathan, Fanyou Kong, Keith Brewster, Ming Xue, Kevin Thomas, Timothy A.
Supinie, Benjamin Albright, and Sarah Perfater, 2019: Evaluation of Convection-
Permitting Precipitation Forecast Products using WRF, NMMB, and FV3 for the
2016-2017 NOAA Hydrometeorology Testbed Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall
Experiments. Weather and Forecasting, 34, 781-804. (Abstract)
Hu, Xiao-ming, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, Hongliang Zhang, 2019: Meteorological
Conditions during an Ozone Episode in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and Impact of
their Modeling Uncertainties on Air Quality Prediction. Journal of Geophysical
Research - Atmospheres, 124(4), 1941-1961. DOI:10.1029/2018JD029791 (Abstract)
Zhang, Cunxi, Ming Xue, Timothy A. Supinie, Fanyou Kong, Nathan Snook, Kevin W.
Thomas, Keith Brewster, Youngsun Jung, Lucas M. Harris, and Shian-Jiann Lin,
2019: How Well Does an FV3-based Model Predict Precipitation at a Convection-
Allowing Resolution? Results from CAPS Forecasts for the 2018 NOAA Hazardous
Weather Testbed with Different Physics Combinations. Geophysical Research
Letters, 46, 3523-3531 DOI:10.1029/2018GL081702. (Abstract)
Wang, Hong, Fanyou Kong, Naigeng Wu, Hongping Lan, Jinfang Yin, 2019:
Investigation of microphysical structure of a squall line in South China
observed with a polarimetric radar and a disdrometer. Atmospheric Research,
226, 171-180. (Abstract)
Corey K. Potvin, Jacob R. Carley, Adam Clark, Louis J. Wicker, Patrick S. Skinner,
Anthony E. Reinhart, Burkely T. Gallo, John S. Kain, Glen Romine5, Eric Aligo,
Keith A. Brewster, David C. Dowell, Lucas M. Harris, Israel L. Jirak, Fanyou Kong,
Timothy A. Supinie, Kevin W. Thomas, Xuguang Wang, Yongming Wang, and Ming Xue,
2019: Systematic comparison of convection-allowing models during the 2017 NOAA
HWT Spring Forecasting Experiment. Weather and Forecasting, 34, 1395-1416.
(Abstract)
Griffin, Sarah M., Jason A. Otkin, Greg Thompson, Maria Frediani, Judith Berner,
Fanyou Kong, 2020: Assessing the Impact of Stochastic Perturbations in Cloud
Microphysics using GOES-16 Infrared Brightness Temperatures. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
148, 3111-3137. (Abstract)
McCaul, E. W. Jr., G. Priftis, J. L. Case, T. Chronis, P. N. Gatlin, S. I. Goodman,
Fanyou Kong, 2020: Sensitivities of the WRF Lightning Forecasting Algorithm to
Parameterized Microphysics and Boundary Layer Schemes. Weather and Forecasting,
35, 1545-1560. (Abstract)
Snook, Nathan, Fanyou Kong, Adam Clark, Brett Roberts, Keith A. Brewster, Ming Xue,
2020: Comparison and Verification of Point-wise and Patch-wise Localized Probability
Matched Mean Algorithms for Ensemble Consensus Precipitation Forecasts. Geophysical
Research Letters. 47, e2020GL087839 DOI:10.1029/2020GL087839. (Abstract)
Skinner, Patrick S., Adam J. Clark, Jamie K. Wolff, Tara L. Jensen, John Halley
Gotway, Randy Bullock, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, Keith A. Brewster, 2020: The impact
of radar assimilation on short-term and next-day thunderstorm forecasts in the
2016 Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE). Mon. Wea. Rev., conditional
accept.